bootcamp02b

SAI Administrators Technology Boot Camp 2a

October 14, 2010

What would you like to learn today?

Facilitator Contact Information:

Jamie Fath
Nick Sauers
Laura Bestler

Review

• Does everyone have e-mail access?
• Blogger.com (what's your blog URL?)
  • Scott McLeod's NEA presentation - URL
  • Scott McLeod's NEA presentation - slideshow
• Take a screenshot of your post and e-mail it to Laura [Jing]
• Administrators on YouTube
• The School Administrator's Guide to Blogging
• YouTube Quick Capture
  • YouTube Quick Capture Help
  • Roger Wilcox!
• Questions about Google Docs, Technorati, bit.ly, Skype, Flickr, or Animoto?
• Blog Information
  • Example: A Day at Brooks
  • NEXT BLOG Button (Getting rid of the NEXT BLOG Button)
  • Importing and exporting blogs to another blogsite
  • Promote your Blog

RSS

• Google Reader
• Google Reader tips
• Organizing your feeds
• New feature - Subscribe to individual pages
• Sharing your feeds
• Moving Forward - Blogs and Subject-Specific Blogs
• CASTLE's list of great blogs for busy administrators

Microblogging

• Twitter
• Using Twitter as a listening station
• @mcleod Twitter lists
• CASTLE Twitter List
• Making your own list
• Twitter 4 Teachers
• Jamie Fath
• Nick Sauer
• Laura Bestler

Google Sites

• Google Sites
• Google Sites help

Monitoring

• Google Alerts
• Manage your alerts
• Advanced Google Search
• Advanced News Search
• Help: Basic Google Search
• Help: More Google Search

Scheduling

• Google Calendar
  • Help
  • Sharing
  • Embedding to a webpage
  • Event publisher
  • iCal
  • Sync to Outlook
• TimeBridge
• Doodle

Wikis

• Video - Wikis in Plain English
• Wikipedia Asphalt
• Wikified Schools
• Wikispaces Sandboxes (must create a Wikispace account):
  • http://bootcampsandbox01.wikispaces.com/
  • http://bootcampsandbox02.wikispaces.com/
  • http://bootcampsandbox03.wikispaces.com/
• Wikispaces
• Wikispaces Video Tutorial
• Wikispaces Help
  • Setting Permissions
  • Name & Copyright
  • Discussion pages in Wiki
• Wikis vs. Google Docs vs. Blogs (by our friend Kyle Pace)

Podcasting

• Video - Podcasting in Plain English
• Audacity
• Audacity LAME MP3 Encoder Plug-In
• Audacity Video Tutorial
• Audacity Tutorials
• Blog Talk Radio
  • FAQ
• Cinchcast
• Educational Podcast Network
• Podcasting on iTunes

Social bookmarking

• Video - Social Bookmarking in Plain English
• Delicious
• Delicious Video Tutorial
• Delicious Help
  • Bookmarklet
• Install Firefox addon
• A static page with your UNIQUE tag: http://www.delicious.com/tag/NAMEOFTAG?opennew=1
  • Example: http://www.delicious.com/tag/edtech?opennew=1

Collaborative Notetaking

• Titanpad
• Collaborative notes sample
• Create a blank notes page

Online brainstorming tools

• Edistorm
• Example
• Mind42
• Wallwisher

1 to 1 Schools Information

• Iowa 1 to 1 Network
• 1 to 1 schools blog
• 1 to 1 Iowa Map

Miscellaneous technology tools (alpha order)

• Dipity
• Dropbox
• Google Moderator
• iGoogle
• LastPass
• Mozy
• Readability
  • See also InstaPaper and Read It Later
• Text substitution
  • Phrase Express or Texter (Windows)
  • TextExpander (Mac) $
  • TypeIt4Me (Mac) $
• SafeShare (YouTube Video sharing)
• SlideShare
• Visual Thesaurus $
• VoiceThread
  • See also the VoiceThread 4 Education wiki
• Wordle
• Zamzar

How-To

• How-to add a YouTub Video to a PowerPoint (YouTube Video Tutorial)

iPad

• Support
• Pictures / Photos / Videos
• Applications we use:
  • Drawing Pad
  • Dropbox
  • Evernote
  • GoDoc
  • IAnnotate
  • Kindle
  • Zinio

Other Key Information

• Science Leadership Academy
  • Acceptable Use Policy

Wrap-up

• End-of-day survey